Washing-machine



UNTTED STATES ATNT @FETCH GEO. YV. SVVIGERT, OF MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

T o all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. SWIGERT, of Monmouth, in the county of Varren and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Clothes-Vashing Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure l, is a side sectional elevation of my improvement. F ig. 2, is a plan or top view of ditto.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures.

This invention consists of an improved article of manufacture, viz. a washing-machine provided with a cylinder of brushes, a concave supported on springs, a guard attached to a rod, pounders, tappet drum, and otherwise constructed as herein shown and described.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention I will proceed to describe it.

A, represents a suitable box or case on which a shaft B, is placed transversely, said shaft having a cylinder of brushes C, upon it. This brush cylinder may be constructed in the usual way or similar to these known as machine brushes. A fly wheel D, is attached to one end of the shaft B, and a pinion a., at the opposite end.

E, is a shaft which is placed on the box 01 case A, and has a toothed wheel F, at one end. This wheel F, gears into the pin ion a, and a connecting` rod G, is attached to the wheel F, near its periphery, the lower end of said rod being attached to a lever H, which is pivoted at one end to a pendent attached to the lower part of the box or case.

I, is a treadle which is connected to the lower parts of two of the supports c, of the box or case.

J, is a concave which is attached to springs d, within the case or box A. These springs may be constructed of steel or metal rods attached one to each side of the case or box. The concave J, may be formed of wood covered with metal plate and its upper end is about on a level with the center of the axis of the brush cylinder C. The

concave is equal in width to the box or case A.

K, is a guard, which is formed of a metal plate, curved so as to correspond with the curvature of the brush cylinder C. The lower end of this guard is attached to a rod e, the plate or guard being curved around the rod so as to form a. joint to allow the guard to be thrown back when necessary.` The guard K, when down ex tends over the top of the brush cylinder as shown clearly in Fig. l.

The operation is as follows The case or box A, is supplied with the requisite quantity of soap and water or suds, and the treadle I, is operated by the foot and a rotary motion communicated to the brush cylinder C, from said treadle, through the medium of the connecting rod G, and gearing a, F, the arrow l, indicates the direction in which the cylinder C, rotates. The operation places the clothes to be washed between the concave and brush cylinder retaining or holding one end of the clothes in his hands, the clothes are cleaned by the action of the brush cylinder C, the concave J, pressing the clothes suthciently hard against the brush cylinder owing to the springs d, d. The operator changes the position of the clothes, that is to say reverses them from time to time so that all parts will be properly acted upon by the brush cylinder-consequently the wrist bands of shirts and portions of other clothing that requires to be operated upon more than another, may be subjected to the requisite friction without giving other parts not requiring it a like amount of rubbing. The clothes therefore will not be subjected to undue friction. Each or any part may be operated upon the requisite length of time to insure perfect cleansing, the clothes being under the perfect control of the operator.

The guard K, is very essential as it prevents the rotary brush from throwing the water on the operator, the guard defiecting the water raised by the brush down on the upper part of the clothes.

I have the box or case A, made sufficiently long to allow a series of pounders L, to be placed therein, the pounders being operated by a series of tappets attached to a drum NI, which is rotated from the wheel F, by a Wheel N. This pounding device is springs (ci), guard K, attached to rod (e) important in cases Where heavy clothes are pounders L, tappet drum M, and otherwise 10 toIbIe Washed, d b d I constructed as herein shown and described.

avin thus escr e m invention, v 5 claim and desire to secure by liiietters-Patent, GEORGE W' STVVIGERT' As an improved article of manufacture, 1Witnesses: a washingmachine provided with a cylinder E. B. MILLS, of brushes C, a concave J, supported on CHAS. JAMESON. 

